Saga of NFL's African-American pioneers is an untold story
The story of Jackie Robinson's struggle to integrate Major League Baseball is told in a library full of books and a multiplex worth of movies and documentaries detailing its impact on the sport and American culture.
The story of the NFL's African-American pioneers, however, remains largely forgotten.
When the league sprang up in the early 1920s, Fritz Pollard was among its first stars. He was the first African-American coach, too. And, ...
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While I find good sportsmanship laudable and I think everyone should have an equal and fair chance to participate. When we admire teachers, scientists, backyard inventors and the like as much as we do adult jocks..we'll be much better off. Its hard to fathom a man who throws a toy ball for living gets paid 150 times more than the person who is teaching my 11 year old the History of Mughal India in a French immersion class.